Women, feminism, and geek culture

The objects of the linkspam gaze (26th April, 2011)

Adelaide, Australia: 15th International Conference for Women Engineers and Scientists: The International Conference for Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES) has been held every three years since 1964 and provides an important forum for the exchange of information and ideas for women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). 19–22 July.

Trigger warning: account of harassment, extensive quoted misogynist, homophobic and transphobic language. An occupational hazard?: a long musing on and set of experiences of photography and related harassment.

Women in Computing: A close friend suddenly found himself in position to influence efforts in this area by a Fortune 50 IT company. The company’s declared goal is to make IT careers more attractive to women, starting at K-12 level. The writer wants suggestions. (Warning: many faily existing comments including, eg, suggestions of forced testosterone supplementation!)

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They were pretty dreadful, yeah. I hope we did some good by leaving useful suggestions, and I hope the exec in question listens to us rather than to the dudes claiming we don’t exist (when we’re, y’know, right there commenting and all). It seems likely.

But urgh, fighting the good fight is exhausting sometimes. Thanks for contributing.

Hi — I am new to your blog, and was saddened to see the Wednesday Geek Woman going on hiatus. I’d love to write some submissions, and have been through the posts and I think this is an okay place to submit, but I have no idea how to do a hidden comment.

So, 1.) are you still open for submissions? 2.) Is this an okay place to put them (until next week’s linkspam?) 3.) tips on hidden comments?